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What are Mexicans holding a huge parade with Rose float in California to show their love & respect for Mexico?
LOS ANGELES – Inside a giant warehouse in Irwindale, about 20 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles, crews are finishing the construction of a dozen Rose Parade floats, including a large dog, a carousel and a court jester.Vicente Avila, 47, a sculptor for Fiesta Parade Floats, has worked on all of them. But he has taken special pride in one of this year’s creations – a float depicting the memories of his upbringing in Mexico. It will mark the first time in more than 40 years that the Mexican government has participated in the parade.The float, which features an Aztec calendar and pyramid, will be decorated by Mexican immigrants, and their families and will kick off a year of festivities for the country’s 200th birthday. The last time the Mexican government presented a float in the parade was in 1968, when the country hosted the Olympics.Avila built the model for the float and sculpted a 6-foot-tall Red Carousel Works Angel of Independence on top.”This year is going to be something special for me,” said Avila, who lives in Pasadena and hasn’t missed the parade in 21 years. “Even though I am a U.S. citizen, even though my children were born here, I had my childhood in Mexico. I have roots there.”Juan Marcos Gutierrez-Gonzalez, Mexico’s consul general in Los Angeles, said during a news conference Tuesday at the warehouse that he expects many of the 3.8 million Mexicans living here to feel that same connection to their homeland when they see the float on New Year’s Day.”For Mexicans living in Los Angeles, there is going to be a matter of pride,” he said. “It’s announcing to the world: ‘It’s our 200th birthday.’”Throughout 2010, the Mexican Consulate will be organizing events to celebrate the bicentennial of Mexico’s independence from Spain and the centennial of the Mexican revolution. The events include an art exhibit, a Mexican film festival and an independence parade.The year of celebration will begin Jan. 1, when traditionally clad dancers will perform alongside the 24-foot-high and 55-foot-long float.The float showcases symbols of Mexico’s culture and history, including a relief sculpture of an eagle with a snake in its mouth and floral portraits of founding fathers Miguel Hidalgo and Francisco Madero. Across the middle of the float, about 50,000 roses will spell out “Mexico – 2010″ under red, white and green pennants.The designer, Raul R. Rodriguez, was raised in Los Angeles and is of Mexican descent. Rodriguez said he worked with consular officials to create a float that would highlight pivotal events in the country’s history as well as capture the colors, smells and sounds of the nation.”Mexico’s going to make quite an impact,” he said. “I am really looking forward to New Year’s morning.”Televisa and Wells Fargo are funding most of the $250,000 float, which took about three months to build.http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/nation/stories/DN-roseparade_17nat.ART.State.Edition1.4bf0ab9.html
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